The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-07-29

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Young feIler, that chap that tul
yOu ( could tell you all about 81,
fashioned ball games had sense.
kin. In my time / was .couneed
boss player OF any I be styles. vbeiI
er i was haley over one eIe.gaI
two Ole-eat, thFee 0Ie-cat, base bA
OI sOak- Nov haley-oveF vas bla,
ed-O0, yeu oBty aaut me 20 O.
you bOUtthe slsrEzahianpd xzma q
base ealli We'd, sir, il yOa'il psiu
cot What | tell goa you have
stFslghteTA . coon's a-e, an Tn
daFned glad Nv ctance 10 let folk,
knou We used to hev fan 50 years
ago thont hevin' to pay a lot OF lazy
gaioots more than sc do a Judge
nowsa days 70 make it for nA
What Kind Of a field did We hev
70 hevf Why most any kind, ~
there wasu'BtO many trees, stumps
and stnas and graAs that ! chaser
eonknf dGd II. That sometimes
puts sst0p TO farther pFOeeedin's,
while both sides was a huHtin' the
ball
We used TO chuse up arst. That
was done by the t~o feiIers who
vas known to be the best players
one teller on zach side, o see.
First choice out Of the whole lot OF
felleFs on hand went 10 the chuser !
who got the chase. Nov the ehase
was got by the boss players in this
way: One would throw a ball clnb, I
ee0d up, ia the air an the other .
catch 10 as IL come dowu, an hold
It eendNise Jest as be ketcbed n,
for the otheS telIer 10 take hoIs az
With one hand lest above where the
the hand OF The FIRST feller was.
Then they would keep graUbfn' the
club run cot 80 that the last Teller
couldn't find any more clnb TO ketcn
bold ~. The chap that bad the
last grip IN the cfub could chnse
nrsf, IAN the other felier next, till
everybody was chose. Sometimes
got so iHteres.fn' over the
club grippiH' business that the
game didn't 90 any further, but it
Easu't very common. {
Umpine! Nobody ever heard nv
'uch a teller in them days. Every :
was allowed TO vote on close
an make speech ii be wanted
o before the question was put. So
Tou see the player who could work
lis jaw real timber an wonld stick
- for bis side or fight in y pinch 4
Tas always bout the fret one ehosA,
les, 1 he7 seen games broke np
Then there was q tie vote or the :
Of lection couldn't agree.
at that alwaJs happened long boar
be sixth iuIin' when the Jury run y
Nv an' the leadin' players was actin
q the principle that deeds speak
'uder'n words, an was arguin' the =
int in dispute all around the lot by
and and boot toe. But this sort
| business didn't happen very ofn,
lough when it did there was hard :
10 the community for a good 4
bile atterward. WeddID's would
e broke OF an Law suits boat fool
rings would be ali the 20.
fon could her a. mauy plAyers
D side as you waited ia, an each :,
ne was allowed to play anyvhere =
the lot where he thoughthe could L
the most good. Short stops aud
ase tenders am foul lines wasnt Y
Down. You could knock q bah :
lywhere, aH' it was all right,
here was q thrower am ketcher 4
each side, an all the rest of the
Hers was chasers an plnggers an
rockers. The side of the TELLER
iat got the first chgse always had =
le 6rst knock, au' they could keen
} knoekeu' till the knockers was r
out.
There was three ways to pat out
knocker. First, a tie and a ketcb ID
len ketehiBg a knocked ball afore q
struck the grouad or on the first '
aud last, by plugging.
Teat gosh you don't tell me O sP
mt know what | mean By Plug
NJ Pluggin' was hitin' the "a
locker with the ball while be was -
min bases. When The knocker a
the ball or bed he'd three cracks
u an missed IL, he he'd to run. !"
len everybody on the side that ~,
Is agin' blm, or the outs, tried to M
1g him while be was ruBnin to the
q base, or any other base. ri Les
q was one of The outs am Won
Iuld get the ball an q teller was
MIN, son threw IL him lest as 10
as you could. Ifyou hit him he
8 out. If you missed him be
% on runnin' an if be got around
bases he would hOIler talk
and the tally Keeper would
~ down by cuttiu' a notch in
age OF a board. Hurt Well. CT
letimes . teller would get plug TOE ,u
30 he wouldn't forget il; b1t $40
ball wasn't so blamed hard as Fo
stuBs you play with NOWADAYS. vice
they had beeu / Houldn't he ono
IN you bout it now. 20